Question

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Question: What was one effect that European exploration had on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas? (1 point)

Answers:

increased wealth

increased land

decreased population

immunity to smallpox

Answer 1

decreased population

Explanation: European contact brought diseases (like smallpox), warfare, and forced labor that greatly reduced Indigenous populations. Increased land or immunity to smallpox are incorrect, and increased wealth was more a benefit to Europeans than to Indigenous peoples.